How To Install mingw64-gstreamer1 on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw64-gstreamer1 on CentOS 8. mingw64-gstreamer1 is MinGW Windows Streaming-Media Framework Runtime

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw64-gstreamer1 on CentOS 8.

What is mingw64-gstreamer1

GStreamer is a streaming-media framework, based on graphs of filters which operate on media data. Applications using this library can do anything from real-time sound processing to playing videos, and just about anything else media-related. Its plug-in-based architecture means that new data types or processing capabilities can be added by installing new plug-ins.

We can use yum or dnf to install mingw64-gstreamer1 on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mingw64-gstreamer1.

Install mingw64-gstreamer1 on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install mingw64-gstreamer1 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mingw64-gstreamer1

Install mingw64-gstreamer1 on CentOS 8 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install mingw64-gstreamer1 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mingw64-gstreamer1

How To Uninstall mingw64-gstreamer1 on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the mingw64-gstreamer1 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove mingw64-gstreamer1

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw64-gstreamer1 on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.